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PAPER CLIP. No. 356,810. Patented Pebl, 1887.

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FRANK A. WEEKS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PAPERCLiP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,810, dated February 1, 1887.

Application filed September 11, IFES. Serial No. 213,340. (No model.)

To all whom t may nance-rn,.-

Be it known. that I, FRANK A'. Wenns, e citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Peper-Clips,of which the following is e. specification.

My invention relates to en improvement in pepenolips, such as are generally used in con nection with a book hoard to hold letters or other papers, by confining them between the jaw ol' the clip and the back hoard by the aotion of e spring; and the object of my inven tion is to provide e. simple, cheap, and convenient means of automatically holding the clip-jaw open while removing or adjusting the papers.

W'ith this end in View my invention oonsists in providing a. gravity-catch and certain novel features of construction, which will he hereinafter fully described, end pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is o. side vien' of e paper-clip closed and retaining papers uponA the haelt hoard. with the grnvityeatch D in its normal position. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the seme through the line as o: of Fig. 3, showing the Clip-jew open and retained in that position by the catch D engaging with the nose b on the spring-hon. Fig. 3 is a rear perspeotive view of a board and clip embodying my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th rough* out the several views.

The general construction of the springhox B, the clip having the jew C and the thu1nbpiece o, and the spring F are not interfered with, and they are secured to the hook board, A, in the usuel manner, the pin AGr running through the sides of the clip, the springbox, and the spring, confining them together and keeping them in adjustment for Working.

At the time of making the spring-box B, either by casting or forging, I construct the nose b as o part of it, and the catch or loop D is made in any convenient manner or shape. I prefer to ineke it of Wire, bent as shoivn in the drawings, Fig. 3, andattaoh it to the clip by the short arms rl and holes made in the sides E of the clip to receive them, allowing it to Work freely and rest upon the nose b when the olipjew is closed or in its normal position.

To operato the clip and secure it in nn open position for the removal of any or all of the pnpers,it is only necessary to press down upon the thumb-piece c until the catch D falls over the nose b, when it will drop beek underneath it by its own weight, ready to retain the olipjaw open when the pressure is removed from the thumb-piece. To close it,press down alittle on the thurnhpiece, as before, until the strain is taken ofic of the notch, when it is readily released from the nose by the linger and the clip-jew allowed to return to its normal position.

The forni of the catch D may be altered to snit certain conditions, and it may he secured to the clip in n different manner from the one I have preferred to show, to allow it a graviteting notion to engage with the nose-on the spring-box; but

I olniin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with n. paperclip having the pivot-box B, with the nose b, of the catch D, adapted to engage With said nose by its gravitating action and retain the clip-jew in an open position, substantially es shown end described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my neniejn presence of two Witnesses, this 4th day of September, 1886.

FRANK A. VEEKS.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. SCHWARZ, A. A. Wnnns. 

